Archive: 15 July 1996
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Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Discrimination against working women rampant
Discrimination against working women rampant JAKARTA (JP): Discrimination against women remains rampant in many workplaces despite Indonesia adopting the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1984, a scholar said Saturday.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Current banking controls counterproductive: Analyst
Current banking controls counterproductive: Analyst JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's increasing control over the banking sector and lesser control on accountability can be counterproductive for the industry, a foreign banking analyst said. Ross H. McLeod, a research fellow for the Indonesian Project at Australian National University, said that government intervention has been making a strong comeback since 1991, three years after the country liberalized the banking industry.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
KL to up overseas investment
KL to up overseas investment KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's government is to encourage greater investment overseas amid greater liberalization of newly developing and emerging economies, a government report said. Malaysia's investments overseas jumped by 40 percent year-on- year to 6.6 billion ringgit (US$2.64 billion) last year, due partly to its entry in new markets, the international trade and industry ministry report said.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt stand in PDI row
Govt stand in PDI row As I follow closely all the sad developments of the PDI (Indonesian Democratic Party) row, I am happy that our government has maintained a consistent stand. Putting aside the question of whether the government is right or wrong, we know at least what is, according to the government, legal and what is illegal.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Political will vital to clean up the city's air
Political will vital to clean up the city's air JAKARTA (JP): Experts and an official said yesterday that only an effort of political will can clean up the city's air pollution by phasing out leaded gasoline. Compared to other pollutants, the use of unleaded gasoline is a matter of policy, Nabiel Makarim, the deputy of the Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) said.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Reflections on PDI
Reflections on PDI From Neraca The present national political problem does not only concern us but it might also disturb the national stability, and particularly our national economy. As a sympathizer of PDI (the Indonesian Democratic Party), I disagree with the government's act of either unintentionally or intentionally deceiving the people in "political" matters. Please note that this bureaucrats' misconduct will be recorded in our history in red ink.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: Padang 2:35 TV Series: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriff 3:05 Children's Program: Anak Anak Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Major Dad 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science Film: Animal Odyssey 4:30 Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Hobbies 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: West Nusa Tenggara 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religion: Buddhism 7:00 Evening News 7:25 Garuda Pancasila/Filler/Trailer 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 Variety Program: Mozaik 9:00 World News 9:40...
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
A clean bill of health
A clean bill of health The return of a beaming President Soeharto from a checkup in Germany last Saturday is not only good news for the country and the nation, but most importantly it has ended the rampant speculations on the President's physical condition. Now it is clear that President Soeharto is in excellent health for a man of his age. Although President Soeharto's heart is somewhat enlarged, it is heartening to hear there are no blocked arteries.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Wage hikes affect Malaysia
Wage hikes affect Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim said Saturday that Malaysia's economy was beginning to feel the heat as workers' productivity lagged behind wage rises. From January to April, the manufacturing sector recorded a 6.1 percent productivity increase compared with an average wage rise of 11.7 percent, Anwar was quoted by Bernama news agency as saying.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Our waste equals 7,000 elephants?
Our waste equals 7,000 elephants? JAKARTA (JP): Come to a display on trash and find out how daily waste in the city amounts to the weight of 6,955 elephants. Your discarded plastic bags, organizers of the display at Ciputra Mall add, can cover 2,600 soccer fields every day. The event, from July 17 to 21, will include discussions, a demonstration on paper recycling and how to make compost out of organic waste. The latter makes up 70 percent of waste, organizers say.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Overthrown PDI board establishes campaign team
Overthrown PDI board establishes campaign team JAKARTA (JP): The overthrown board of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) defied a government ban on Saturday when it established an election campaign committee for the 1997 general elections. Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno, a loyalist of ousted PDI chief Megawati Soekarnoputri, said the committee would be responsible for the party's election campaign.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Brunei decorates for Sultan's birthday party
Brunei decorates for Sultan's birthday party BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): Oil-rich Brunei is throwing a lavish birthday party for its powerful ruler, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who has invited his favorite pop star Michael Jackson to perform for his subjects. Bathed in a sea of lights at night, the Bruneian capital is decorated with buntings, flags and arches to mark the special day of the sultan, who turns 50 today.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Family Day?
Family Day? From Pikiran Rakyat Indonesia has observed Family Day for three consecutive years. But not all people, including myself, understand or know what Family Day is. Neither do we know the purpose and the idea behind the celebration of the day. Is there any family which is so successful that it can be regarded as worth celebrating? We already have Women's Day, in acknowledgment of women's struggle for their right to be considered equal to men.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sundays, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday, Sunday from 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Paraguas Vocal Group, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Crime rate still rising despite police efforts
Crime rate still rising despite police efforts JAKARTA (JP): The increased police surveillance in search of businessman Eddy Tansil, who escaped from the Cipinang prison in East Jakarta in early May, has apparently not deterred the city's villains from committing crime. According to police data made available to The Jakarta Post yesterday, the number of reported cases of serious crime in May did not drop significantly compared to April's figures.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Call-back services vex local operators
Call-back services vex local operators JAKARTA (JP): The country's international telecommunications providers consider illegal call-back services operated by overseas firm a major headache for the international call business.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta Fair closes, grosses Rp 35b in sales
Jakarta Fair closes, grosses Rp 35b in sales JAKARTA (JP): The month-long Jakarta Fair was closed last night by Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution Hartarto on a mixed note. Turn-out wise, it was a disappointment with 2.2 million people visiting the fair at the Kemayoran Jakarta Fairgrounds. The organizers had expected three million. Still, it was an improvement over last year's turnout of 1.95 million, but below 1994's record of 2.4 million visitors.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sempati Air opens new route
Sempati Air opens new route JAKARTA (JP): Sempati Air has opened a new route from South Sulawesi's capital of Ujungpandang to Batam via Surabaya, East Java, to meet the increasing number of passengers. Darwin Damoerin, Sempati's district general manager for Surabaya, was quoted by Antara as saying in Batam over the weekend that the airline started serving the new route last Friday with a Fokker-100. "The number of passengers from Ujungpandang and Surabaya to Batam is increasing," he said.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt files $300m bonds with SEC
Govt files $300m bonds with SEC JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, representing the government, has formally registered its bond-offering plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission of United States, reports said. Bank Indonesia has not formally announced the value of the bonds but Reuter reported from New York Friday that the value will be around US$300 million. The offering will be made through Salomon Bros Inc, Goldman, Sachs & Co, J.P. Morgan & Co and Merrill Lynch & Co.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Students' role in strike defended
Students' role in strike defended JAKARTA (JP): Legal and student activists came out in defense on Saturday of students' support for last week's massive labor strike in Surabaya that was met with harsh military response. Lawyer Munir and student activist Petrus H. Hariyanto said that the students were helping workers obtain information on their rights and press their demands on the materialization.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Agro conference in Bali
Agro conference in Bali JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Society of Agricultural Economists, an academic forum focusing on agricultural and rural issues in Asia, is to hold its second conference in Bali from Aug. 6 to Aug. 9.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bouraq plane not overloaded
Bouraq plane not overloaded AMBON, Maluku: A Ternate-bound Bouraq airliner that crashed into a dike after it failed to take off last week was not overloaded, a company official said Saturday. Sumar, chief of the Ambon branch of the state-owned air transportation firm Angkasa Pura said only 43 passengers were on board, while the aircraft's capacity is 44. "There is even an extra 567 kilograms that the craft can endure," Sumar was quoted by Antara as saying. The accident happened at 9 a.m.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sloppy work continues to outrage Grogol people
Sloppy work continues to outrage Grogol people JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Grogol and Jelambar subdistricts in West Jakarta say they would most likely have to put up with damage by construction work for several more months. Sloppy work on the new drainage system after the completion of the Grogol-Pluit toll road are expected to continually cause muddy roads and overflowing gutters. Road repairs are yet to begin.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Buildings with best management
Buildings with best management JAKARTA (JP): The professional management of office buildings is an important consideration of firms in their selection of office space, according to a property consultant. "Companies, particularly foreign firms, seek office space in buildings which they believe to be professionally managed," Craig A. Phillips of international property consultant PT First Pacific Davies Indonesia said.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Official laments local food safety standards
Official laments local food safety standards BOGOR, West Java (JP): Food quality remains almost alarmingly low because many hazardous substances are still found in foods in local markets, an official said at a seminar over the weekend. According to Mulyo Sidik, an assistant to the minister of food, unhygienic processing and excessive use of chemical substances in food preparation are major problems.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Moro special council no harm to security'
'Moro special council no harm to security' MANILA (AFP): The creation of a special council led by Moslem insurgents will not compromise the Philippines' national security, defense secretary Renato De Villa said yesterday.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Batam Aircraft Maintenance delays project
Batam Aircraft Maintenance delays project JAKARTA (JP): Batam Aircraft Maintenance, an aircraft maintenance facility jointly owned by Indonesian and Singaporean parties, has decided to delay launching its operations until the end of this year from the original schedule slated for this month. An executive of the project, Suyatim A. Habibie, told The Jakarta Post that the operation of the US$10 million project has been delayed for technical reasons.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Gapensi to set up govt tender bourse
Gapensi to set up govt tender bourse JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Builders (Gapensi) is to establish what it calls a tender bourse for government projects to promote bidding transparency, the chairman of the association's Jakarta chapter, Daniel Hutapea, said. "We will set up the tender bourse after all government institutions in Jakarta disseminate information of their lists of development projects for 1996/97," he told Antara over the weekend.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tears fall as RI loses Fed Cup match against Switzerland
Tears fall as RI loses Fed Cup match against Switzerland JAKARTA (JP): Yayuk Basuki bid an emotional farewell to the Fed Cup tennis championship yesterday after a plucky Indonesian side fell 2-3 to Switzerland. Making her 12th Fed Cup appearance, Yayuk displayed an excellent tennis that has scalped a number of the world's top players. World number 17 Martina Hingis also came under the knife when Yayuk scored a memorable 7-5, 6-3, 6-1 victory, giving Indonesia a 2-1 lead early in the day.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Culture and artistic processes
Culture and artistic processes The following is the first of a two-part transcript of a talk recently given by the Indonesian journalist, poet and intellectual, Goenawan Mohamad, at the Helvetas General Assembly Meeting in Basel, Switzerland. JAKARTA (JP): "Culture" is one of the most abused words in our contemporary lexicon. It has even become a nice cover for racial bias. I remember years ago when there was an uproar in the U.S.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Foreigners released
Foreigners released JAKARTA (JP): The police have released three foreigners and a local who had earlier been accused for a drugs transaction, a police officer says. "After a series of laboratory tests, we finally came to a conclusion that the powder found in their possession during the raids was not heroin powder, nor any other drug," City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Amien calls for discussion of succession
Amien calls for discussion of succession YOGYAKARTA (JP): Political observer Amien Rais over the weekend made a fresh call on decision makers, intellectuals and the public to discuss the issue of presidential succession "in a transparent, honest and responsible manner". The staff lecturer at Gadjah Mada University said here on Saturday that the question of succession is actually the essence of all political matters here. "Let's not deny this fact," he urged in an interview with The Jakarta Post.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Rice imports see 10-fold increase
Rice imports see 10-fold increase JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's rice imports have increased almost 10-fold in the last five years, soaring from US$53 million in 1991 to $514 million in 1995, an official says. The Ministry of Industry and Trade's Director General of International Trade Anang Fuad Rivai said last week that the value of rice imports during that period grew at an average of 56 percent a year, while volume increased by 60.8 percent a year.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
JSX stocks to remain stable on lack of funds
JSX stocks to remain stable on lack of funds JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is likely to perform softly this week on the lack of fresh foreign funds as investors are expected to be reluctant to make big deals, analysts said. Securities analysts estimated that although rumors related to President Soeharto's health will completely fade away with his return on Saturday, the domestic political issue will remain a key factor influencing this week's trading directions.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Teco plans RI plant
Teco plans RI plant TAIPEI (Reuter): Taiwan's Teco Electric and Machinery Co said on Saturday it plans to invest T$1 billion to build a plant manufacturing air conditioners in Indonesia. "Our board has approved the plan, and construction should start in September this year," a Teco spokesman said. The spokesman said he did not have details on the plant's construction schedule or production capacity.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Foreigners released
Foreigners released JAKARTA (JP): The police have released three foreigners and a local who had earlier been accused for a drugs transaction, a police officer says. "After a series of laboratory tests, we finally came to a conclusion that the powder found in their possession during the raids was not heroin powder, nor any other drug," City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Clean' visitors have the right to protest
'Clean' visitors have the right to protest JAKARTA (JP): Nightspot patrons who are not found violating any laws have the right to sue the police or military officers who search them and bring the glare of publicity upon them during Ecstasy and sex crackdowns, a consumer advocate has said. Referring to the continuous crackdowns against illicit drug and sex transactions at discotheques, hotels and other nightspots, Zoemrotin K.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hickl beats Danny to extend chess lead
Hickl beats Danny to extend chess lead JAKARTA (JP): German grandmaster Jrg Hickl beat Indonesia's Danny Yuswanto yesterday in the resumption of their adjourned match to extend his lead at the BNI chess tournament. Hickl employed his stubborn King Indian defense to force the Indonesian to resign at the 42nd move. The victory kept Hickl on top of the provisional standings table with 5.5 points, one point clear of his closest rival grandmaster Julian Hodgson of Britain.
Mon, 15 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Biased press
Biased press Poor Mrs. Anne-Marie Elizabeth Tapp ("Your Letters," July 12, 1996)! She has never read an unfavorable report about Indonesia in her home country. Of course not, Mrs. Tapp. But if you can detach yourself from the travel guide section of any big London bookstore next time you visit, perhaps you can amble down to the Politics/History area and discover for the first time that such newspaper articles and books do exist. The British Library might also be able to help you.